WanderingMystic
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Given how Warlock and there spell points work if you make the change you are suggesting then they can use more maneuvers more often than a fighter or Adept which is wrong. Also remember that taking the feat to gain amnuvwrs or any class that gives you maneuvers gives you the exertion pool so it is quite easy to gain, the ability to burn spell points or spell slots for maneuvers is quite powerful.Hi timespike,
A few suggestions/comments if I may regarding Warlock in MoAR Battlemages v1.2:
Armor and shield proficiency:
Exertion pool for maneuvers:
- I'm surprised that the Martialist Archetype doesn't have medium armor proficiency, was that intentional?
- For the Knight of Ancient Mysteries eldritch invocation, I would suggest to change the prerequisite on this to "medium armor proficiency and martial weapon proficiency" to make it a bit more generic.
- There's also the broader issue of weapon + shield Warlocks spellcasting. For that, I'd suggest having an eldritch invocation along these lines: Patron's Shield: You gain proficiency in shields and can emblazon the symbol of your patron on your shield to use it as a spellcasting focus. (An emblem costs 5gp per p.327 of the Adventurer's Guide.) The latter permits you to cast spells with V,M and V,S,M components while wielding weapon and an emblazoned shield. A DC 15 Arcana check can be used to identify the emblem displayed for a patron, unless they are particularly rare, in which case a DC 15 check would indicate the type of patron at least (e.g., Aberration, Diabolic, or Fey).
- The Dread Knight archetype for Warlock uses spell points for exertion pool. That's consistent with how it is done for Herald. I think that makes sense for the Martialist Archetype too, otherwise you can do a one level dip into Warlock and get that exertion pool equal to twice your proficiency bonus.
- Secrets of the Sword eldritch invocation granting one free use per long rest of the two 1st degree maneuvers learned seems a bit weak. I suggest instead to increase the exertion pool by 2, recovered whenever you finish a short or long rest.
- In particular, adding to the exertion pool allows the character to activate some other maneuver instead, and exertion generally is recovered on a short rest from what I've read.
- And note that this suggested alternative is similar but weaker than the Martial Scholar feat in two key ways: (1) Martial Scholar increases the exertion pool by 3, and (2) Martial Scholar allows learning maneuvers above 1st degree, if you already know some maneuvers.